This is lead seal from approx. 1300, it was found by a metal detector on the farm in 2019. It belonged to a woman called Amabil, wife of Stephen of Molscroft.

Cottingham metal detectors come to the farm every year and raise money for charity in exchange for detecting.

We’ve sourced this wonderful picture of a Brixham Smack which features as part of our family history.

When the Brixham smacks came to fish the silver pits in the North Sea, George Hall provided them meat and became involved in the fishing industry.